This type of thinking—whether or not you share the thought—will affect the way you build and develop your data transmission infrastructure. [Read more …]
Are data services like water or electricity?
March 11, 2015
Source: CIO.com, Author Matt Watts.
I know it sounds strange to many in the IT world, but your customers are starting to think of your service as a utility.
Yes, that kind of utility: gas, water, electricity. Something they turn on with the press of a button or the flick of a switch. They don’t particularly care where it comes from, so long as it’s on when they want it, and delivered without glitches at an affordable price.